Posts tagged drugs
Youth in Harm's Way: Marijuana, Law Enforcement and Young New Yorkers

According to the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services, 70 percent of the 50,383 arrests for possession of marijuana in New York City in 2010 were of young people under 30, and 86 percent of those arrested were black and Latino. The debate on the classification of marijuana possession as a crime is heating up nationwide even as the number of arrests in New York has risen.

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Children and Families, Government & CommunitiesAbigail Kramercity government, communities, Criminal Justice, drugs, education, juvenile justice system, Latinos, law enforcement, marijuana, policies, politics, public policy, The New School, youthComment
Drugs and the Law: Race, Politics, Prisons and Justice in New York State

Over the past year and half, the state legislature and Governor Pataki have modified New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws. How effective have thosechanges been? Is further reform needed? What else could be done to improve the state’s drug policies, increase access to treatment for offenders and make alternatives to incarceration more meaningful and effective?

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Krameraddiction, communities, Criminal Justice, drug policies, drug treatment, drugs, Governor Pataki, New York State, NY State, policies, politics, public policy, reform, Rockefeller Drug Laws, state government, state legislature, treatmentComment